seems the "debate" would center around the decisions made in the news rooms regarding how much coverage and how much of it is informative/helpful vs sensationalism/rating grabbing. You could start by even attacking the premise that "News" channels are even responsible for public safety. I mean, aren't they more beholden to the shareholders?

I'm fairly certain everyone is glad it was much less severe than advertised.

I hardly ever watch TV so I suppose that's why I don't notice the hype as much. News stations want to attract visitors in order to sell advertising, and if that's better done with sensationalism vs accuracy, then I have no use for it.

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10's of billions in damages and 11 deaths is not crying wolf. Sure it could have been worse. Aren't you glad it wasn't?

Of course I am glad it wasn't.

It just makes me wonder. *shrug* Maybe it's this over hyping that, in part, caused so many in New Orleans to disregard Hurricane Katrina as 'just another storm'. Of course, I'm speaking from complete ignorance here, as I haven't researched in depth the circumstances leading up to Katrina. Just an ignorant mans rational thinking.

Consider this before passing judgment on those who "hype" a life-threatening situation where they will be blamed if people die, or worse still, they will be blamed if American taxpaying citizens are inconvenienced.

A friend of mine runs a tree service. He had to deal with a tree that fell into a bedroom, with an 11 inch branch spiking the bed. Nobody was hurt because the family was in the basement because of all the friggin hype.

So the eye was passing 30 miles west of us, it was relatively calm and the rain was light. Radio kept saying "don't go outside." We go out, of course, and watch a tree fall onto a power line 20 feet from us. We go back inside and stay.

It's all hype unless it's your house flooded, your wife delivering a baby, you who cannot get dialysis, or your house with the tree lying through the living room, etc.

The "hype" is the young news guys trying to make career shots on the banks of the rivers rising hoping for some huge pieces of flying debris to come into the shot.

Hype is not the local gov't and public radio geting the information and directions out as often as necessary + some. Nothing against the sensationlism journalism, because, I have a dial changer.

jlmoss wrote"It just makes me wonder. *shrug* Maybe it's this over hyping that, in part, caused so many in New Orleans to disregard Hurricane Katrina as 'just another storm'. Of course, I'm speaking from complete ignorance here, as I haven't researched in depth the circumstances leading up to Katrina. Just an ignorant mans rational thinking"

Raleigh/ Durham fared well in the storm. I actually live in Durham which is a bit further west. Not much here. I went through Fran in 96 so I feel pretty lucky on this one!People always amaze me. I saw a lady on TV I think Atlantic Beach who said she wanted to stay home just in case a window blew out and she needed to fix it??? Go figure, if a window blows out and you have a home on the beach chances are you will lose a lot more when the water comes in. I am a chicken when it comes to that stuff, run for the hills is my motto.

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